All of the cross stitch kits contain DMC aida and DMC stranded cottons which are pre-sorted on a card sorter (the threads in the smallest greetings card kits are not pre-sorted). All kits are made to order within 24 hours so you don't need to worry about us being out of stock when you place your order.

Small bags of filler for your mini cushions / hanging decorations can now be purchased from us with your cross stitch kits. Clickhere to order.

Barge Ware Mini Cushion Cross Stitch Kit

Barge Ware, also known as Canal Ware, is a style of folk art used to decorate practical and ornamental objects used on Narrowboats/Barges. The designs regularly feature Roses and these are painted with fairly loose strokes of the brush onto items such as coal hods (for use loading fuel stoves), buckets, watering cans and teapots, and also on the Canal boats/Narrowboats themselves. The colour palette used for this style of painting mainly consists of a small range of colours to include red, blue, green, yellow and black. Incidental colours of pink, brown and white also feature.

This mini cushion has been created with that fairly limited palette of colours (15 colours feature in total), and creates a bright and vibrant design in the style of this folk art.